EHEWASS CHAPTER 115

Chapter 115 Extra: Yu Jiqing & Li Dong - A Sweet Memoir

A memoir of Li Dong and Yu Jiqing after being together for over half a year.

Starting from that noon when they reunited at the courthouse.

That day, Li Dong was as emotionally collapsed as when he returned to the real world and regained his memories.

There was too much to carry. Whether it was what he had lived through in reality or the centuries inside the virtual worlds, it all hit hard.

Yu Jiqing stayed by his side.

Chattering on and on, it was probably the most talkative day of this usually somewhat aloof doctor’s life.

He just hurt too much for the man he liked to watch him shoulder it alone.

IYu Jiqing believed most of the responsibility for creating this situation was his.

But talking about regret seemed too childish.

More practically, he naturally decided secretly in his heart that he must treat this man very, very well in the future.

Not out of guilt, but because he deserved it.

Later they ate and slept, under the covers just chatting, and talking nonsense about everything under the sun. After a while, Li Dong steadied.

Li Dong said, “I still need to run back to X City tomorrow.”

Yu Jiqing’s heart lurched. His brain filled in the worst. Was he still unable to fill the emptiness in Li Dong’s heart?

He also realized that aside from a brief kiss, Li Dong had not shown any wish to get more intimate.

He involuntarily felt down, too dejected to speak.

Good thing Li Dong went on, thinking out loud. “When I get back, I owe the boss lady one month’s pay. I’ll resign, and cancel the apartment we rented and get the deposit back.”

It was still money, big or small. 

Even if Yu Jiqing had so much that he might never spend it all this lifetime.

“I’ll be gone two days at most. Don’t bother coming with me,” Li Dong said, giving a little shake to the hand resting over his abdomen and letting out a mysterious sigh.

Yu finally exhaled in relief. “Okay.” He could rest easy.

So early the next morning, Li Dong flew back to X City.

Since it was so early, he did not let Yu see him off at the airport.

“I land in the afternoon. Come pick me up then,” he said as he left, giving the slender, pajama-clad doctor a fierce hug.

For the record, they were staying at Yu Jiqing’s apartment.

The next afternoon, Yu dressed neatly and drove to the airport himself.

Sitting in the arrivals area, he was a little nervous. He felt like those girls next to him, all expectancy and jitters, waiting to meet a long-distance boyfriend for the first time.

He knew he and Li Dong were already familiar, so there was no “first-meeting” nerves. He also knew exactly why the nerves were there anyway.

He exhaled. “Whew.” And kept waiting.

Young women nearby kept glancing at him, their gazes seeming appreciative, seeming shy.

— I’m here.

His phone received such a message.

His heartbeat spiked.

He dialed immediately. “I’m by the exit… Still on the shuttle? Got it. Hanging up. You’ll see me once you’re out.”

Those few quick lines should have soothed half his nerves, but somehow made them spike again.

Li Dong’s height and looks were impossible to miss. When he came through, most eyes went to him first.

People sighed over someone else’s boyfriend being that handsome, then remembered to look for their own ride.

“Have you been here long?” Li Dong headed straight for Yu and opened his arms for a bear hug.

Warm chest, solid and real. Yu felt, clearly, that the fluttering in his own chest had not been a one-sided illusion.

“Twenty minutes.”

With flights always delayed, it was incidental proof of how precise the doctor’s inner clock was.

That evening Li Dong wanted to buy groceries and cook at home.

At checkout he casually grabbed two boxes of condoms.

From that moment, Yu Jiqing’s mind became a mess, unable to tell if he was anticipating or resisting…

He had watched plenty of Li Dong’s “live shows.” In his memory, every world’s male-lead shou loved sleeping with Li Dong.

“Too fast?” After they each showered, Li Dong glanced at the two boxes on the nightstand, then crouched by the bed and looked up at the black-haired youth sitting on the edge.

His hair was still damp from the shower.

His skin was pale. In the soft bedside light, it looked especially good.

“We can try,” Yu said, deliberately relaxed. “If it gets really uncomfortable, I’ll say stop.”

Which meant that if it crossed a line, he would call it.

“Then relax. It won’t hurt,” Li Dong said with a low hum, brushing his hair back as he opened the lube and a condom.

Put it this way, he never worried that Yu would not enjoy himself. He only worried the other would be overwhelmed.

After all, going from brief kisses to directly upgrading to intense passion, this process was… quite a jump.

Li Dong would never admit he had any bad intentions, that he wanted to daze and undo Yu on purpose.

He was only opening a new world for him with both hands. That was all.

Watching him cry or gasp was just a bonus.

“First tell me how your body’s recovering,” Li Dong said.

“…” Yu had been dying at this “level” for a while. He only shook his head and could not answer. His mind said: I’m dead, right? My soul is leaving my body.

He wanted to cry.

“Then forget it… I’ll pamper you later,” Li Dong said in a low voice.

What Li Dong considered the gentle and easy mode had already flattened him. So better not go wild.

After the storm, the air was stuffy.

Li Dong went to the bathroom, and on his way back cracked the windows to air out the blush-inducing atmosphere.

He slid back under the covers.

The youth was too tired to lift his eyelids. He draped himself over Li Dong again, which felt very safe.

“What now?” Li Dong said. “We’ve kissed and slept together, and I still feel like we’re not familiar…”

Yu’s foot lifted and, with comic speed, he aimed a kick. It landed soft as a pillow and made him laugh anyway.

“Deal with it.” Do not ask him. He had no clue.

Love was never going to be simpler than building a time machine.

Li Dong only smiled. He did not need to explain that if they were truly “unfamiliar,” he would never be able to show his most authentic self.

After that he mostly lived at Yu Jiqing’s private apartment.

Mentally, they were in sync, so in sync they did not have to say a lot. You know, I know, we both know.

It was the daily stuff that they cheerfully nitpicked to death.

“I want to open a studio,” Yu said one day after a roll in the sheets. “Come help me?”

Li Dong had not yet settled on a line of work these days. His eyes lit. “Help with what?” Maybe finance or operations?

“Cleaning,” Yu said.

“…” Li Dong twitched, swore in his heart, and immediately flipped the switch. “Good night to you.”

Yu Jiqing opened the studio anyway. Li Dong did more than clean. Along with cleaning, he became the finance guy, external relations, agent, the works. A two-man studio meant that whatever Yu did not do, Li Dong did.

“Husband-wife operations go nowhere,” a phrase Li Dong often said.

He remembered the first year’s year-end accounting. The studio’s net profit came out to a string of meaningless digits.

It really was. Li Dong said, “I’ve got a few hundred years under my belt. What storms haven’t I seen. A couple billion is whatever.”

After the studio started making money, they finally hired staff. “Vice President, the President asked you to go home and cook for him.”

Before the poor kid finished, Li Dong took over with a lazy smile. “The truth of life is, no matter how awesome you are outside, once you’re home you put that apron on.”

Of all the good in the world, nothing beats a home that knows your cold and warm.

It is the pillar of your spirit, the engine that pulls you forward, the reason you never give up.

— Bragging in the office again?

— No, no, I’m going home now.

In the second year, the studio expanded into a small company, thirty or so people top to bottom.

Vice President Li told them, “If you join this company, be ready. We’re not expanding, not listing, and not chasing metrics. This is it. Take it easy.”

— Sweet-talking the staff again?

— No, no, I’m spouting the plain truth.

They really did stop expanding. Only when someone quit did they backfill.

What if there was too much business?

President Yu: “Not my department. Ask VP Li.”

Their people must have been angels with clipped wings in a past life. “VP Li told us to turn down clients.” WTH. Years on the job and this was a first.

Husband-wife operations go nowhere.

That became a tiny thorn in the staff’s hearts.

At every team dinner, someone would bring it up to roast.

But everyone’s faces showed smiles. To speak truthfully from the heart, they quite liked this husband-wife operation.

In short, peace and happiness were good.

Money never runs out to earn anyway. With the not-small salaries they got here, they could feed their families just fine.

— VP Li, come to my office a sec.

— You say that like it’s not also my office. What’s up?

— Come in and you’ll see.

— Sounds fishy.

Li Dong put away his phone and opened the office door.

A gorgeous beauty in a white shirt, a bit of shoulder showing, lifted a glass of red wine and smiled at him.

This was his 23-old lover. Adorable, passionate, earnest, and straightforward.

Yu Jiqing crooked a finger at Li Dong. “My birthday’s in five days. I want to go somewhere with you.” He was all smiles.

“Then let’s go,” Li Dong said. “Tell me where and I’ll plan it.” He stepped up beside him, took the wine from his spouse’s hand, and took an unapologetic sip. “Nice.”

Yu Jiqing looked at him, aggrieved, and swore in his heart. “You only see the wine?”

“Who said that?” Li Dong set the glass down, scooped Yu up in a bridal carry, shifted him to the sofa, and pinned him there. “Even the finest wine can’t compare with you in all your charm.”

He had wanted to scoop him up from the very first look.

In the end, a tiny complaint: the clinginess of his last partner could probably drive 80% of the world’s men insane.

Li Dong was grateful that even if the odds were 99%, he was not scared.

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Author’s Note: 【Now it’s really the end. Goodbye, Dong-ge. Goodbye to Dong-ge’s spouse. Love you all. Feeling all kinds of ways in my heart】

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